abyssin

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by abyssin 4y ago
My partner and I recently had our second child. The biggest difference we noticed is related to our better acceptance of that child’s needs. With the first one, we always tried to look for signs of autonomy, much too early. Everything is mo
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Back in my dumpster diving days, I discovered how useful the sense of smell can be. Surprisingly, using it to detect bad food also changed the way I enjoyed good food. It became very pleasurable to eat fresh food!
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The meaning of my kids’ lives is theirs to find. And the meaning I’m talking about is simply something I see. Like I noticed some issues around the lack of meaning I used to have had more or less disappeared. Nothing too logical.
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The issue is old people vote. If they are a majority, they’ll elect people who manage society for the short term. Of course this phenomenon of short term governance isn’t limited to the population pyramid. One of the manifestations of the p
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Low reproduction rates are found in dense cities too.
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Fear of missing out can be used to talk about something that closely corresponds to the idea of desire.
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Many of the people I know who don’t have kids look sad and seem to be in a meaning crisis. I used to be one of them until I realized I don’t have to make life perfect for my kids, and my failing parents gave me a difficult life that I’m sti
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I know very little about the actual job of an architect, but I think new architectural design trends have a lot to do with the tools that are used to draw buildings. Being an architect used to require strong drawing and mental modelling abi
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I agree. We shouldn’t pressure people to make children early, but make sure they understand the consequences of delaying. I’m surrounded by couples of 30-35 year old that are struggling to have children. They had no idea it would be so hard
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I’m interested to know about what makes Moxie a bit dubious, can you share more information? I have to say I’m slightly fascinated by the character, but it’s true it doesn’t tell anything about why I should trust him.
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I’m a daily cyclist in Brussels and my city is far from flat.
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I bought a new washing machine two months ago. I went to an appliance store and specifically asked for a dumb one. The seller lied to me and said they don’t sell those. They actually did, but it was the cheapest model and I had to look for
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They’ve been running that experiment with great success in the Netherlands since the 1970s. It’s great to see, and even better to experience in your everyday life. I love feeling connected to my environment.
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Thanks for mentioning Amy Cuddy. I remembered her TED conference but hadn’t heard about her since. In the meantime, however, I’ve been exposed to the academic world of social psychology. And I’m not surprised about the phenomenon of Amy Cud
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Given the financial incentive on publishing (publish or perish), I wouldn’t be surprised if a critical number of authors found a way to collectively take advantage of the rating system.
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It has to do with both, but the rate of growth of knowledge and progress have been made possible by the abundance of energy. If you remove energy even in a developed society, people go back to surviving.
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They aren't opposites, they're different things. My energy hungry lifestyle contributes to global warming and it is comfortable in the short term. What's good now and has been good for me in the past causes something bad in t
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Of course I don't want to go there. I don't want the consequences of global warming, war, peak oil, and the likes.
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Sure it pays dividends, but how much, to what cost, and to whom?
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All sources of emission are real problems, because the consequences of emissions are catastrophic. The issue is to prioritize which ones to work on first. Flying is nice, but less necessary than many other human activities. Living at a cont
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What's helped me is changing my opinion about what I, my kids and the rest of humanity deserve in the grand scheme of things. I used to think we deserve to live in comfort and safety, with the hope of reaching an old age. I thought tec
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Did you write anywhere about the journey that got you where you are today? I’d love to know more.
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He used to have a blog but no longer writes on it. There was quite an active community around Trashwiki but I haven’t had a look at it in a while. There’s also a dumpster diving subreddit, but it’s centered around finds rather than lifestyl
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I’ve met at least two developers living that life. One worked for a big German corporation. Sometimes he wouldn’t have any work to do for weeks. He got the authorization to work on a hospitality exchange network while in the office. Another
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Hey, this second paragraph is really dark. I don't really know how to say it right but I wish you something better, more comfortable, more exciting, and guilt-free.
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I’m sure it doesn’t affect everyone the same. But I know for sure it helps me stay focused. Maybe it helps that my phone has a small screen that isn’t comfortable to extensively read on. By the way in that situation I’ll often send the arti
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Well, I feel responsible for those who need to get cared for. I take care of my parents and I’ll do more so in the future. Many people have cared for me when I was in need. I believe there’s a good chance that my children, as free agents, w
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I’m still on the side of cyclists. I don’t think I’d be able to stand a lifestyle where I’m surrounded by people in denial. I have a child but I don’t think I’ll raise her in the belief that only a comfortable life is one worth living. I’m
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And we’re busy decreasing the surface of woodlands on the planet.
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The lack of features is a feature. The screen is good enough for focused reading, but too slow for anything more interactive in terms of consuming information. And the eink screen is more enjoyable to look at. ReMarkable is the reason why I

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